having a chaozhou ancestry means a lot to me in terms of the food we eat. the truth is, chaozhou people eat fairly distinct food compared to people from the other provinces in china. one example is the white congee - not in a runny consistency, but where the rice has soaked up the water and forms a thick gluey consistency. and we would merrily eat that like rice with pickled black olive, dried shrimp with soy, pickled crunchy cucumber, or other nibbles as a meal.
another type of chaozhou congee is to boil cooked rice in stock to form a rice soup, with minced pork or small oysters topped with some dried fish flakes. my type of comfort food :) pity we dont have dried fish flakes :(
-Chaozhou congee with minced pork, dried shrimp + chinese mushroom-
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